What Can You Do With a Supply Chain Management Degree? 9 Opportunities You Never Knew About

Business is a massive field, and each career and degree seems more complicated than the next. You’re not interested in becoming a CEO at some prestigious firm. You just want a degree that will help you find the kind of job satisfaction you’ve been seeking—things you know you won’t find in your current job. That’s where a Supply Chain Management degree comes in.

Of course, before you’re convinced of that you likely have a few questions. What does supply chain management actually entail?What can you do with a Supply Chain Management degree? Don’t worry, we have you covered.

Supply chain management might seem simple on the surface, but there’s more to it than meets the eye. Join us as we uncover the fundamentals of the field and, more importantly, the types of careers you could land in this industry.

The basics of supply chain management

Quite simply, supply chain management is all about the production, shipment and distribution of products. It covers everything from inventory to sales, and is crucial to any business that makes and sells products.

Professionals in this field must work closely with others to acquire everything they need. More importantly, they need to ensure it’s all completed on time and within budget. There are several actual job duties, and these will vary depending on the position.

The list above is a comprehensive one, detailing all aspects of supply chain management. Most professionals in the field are focused on just one or a few of these components. Even so, it’s helpful to have a fundamental understanding of the entire system.

So how can you acquire the practical knowledge and hands-on training needed to launch your career? This is precisely the kind of information incorporated in the curriculum of most Supply Chain Management degree programs. Most positions will involve some degree of on-the-job training as well.

If the list above has you intrigued, keep reading to learn more about the actual job titles you might have in the field.

Top 9 supply chain management careers

As you can see in the list above, there are a lot of factors involved in the supply chain management process. What’s more is that businesses large and small rely on supply chain efforts to keep operations running smoothly. This translates into plenty of job variety, spanning from specialist positions to more general ones.

This is good news for those interested in working in the industry, because you can narrow your job search to the areas that interest you most. We used real-time job analysis software to examine more than 30,000 job postings from the past year that required a supply chain management degree.1 The data helped us identify the nine positions in highest demand.

Check out the info below to get a high-level breakdown of these job titles, listed in order of highest total job openings to lowest.

2Salary data represents national, averaged earnings for the occupations listed and includes workers at all levels of education and experience. This data does not represent starting salaries and employment conditions in your area may vary.

EDITOR’S NOTE: This article was originally published in May 2015. It has since been updated to include information relevant to 2017.

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